Over the past week a sudden overflow of disgust on the negative portrayal of black women on the hit show Basketball Wives and the upcoming spinoff with Evelyn Lozada and her fiance Ocho caused a petition to circulate boycotting the shows. Actress Star Jones hyped it up further by tweeting:

It may be “comfortable” to be quiet when women of color slap the crap out of each other & run across tables barefoot, but #ENOUGHisENOUGH.

And the thought that the woman from #BBW who was smacked doesn’t have the RIGHT to file assault charges is LUDICROUS! #ENOUGHisENOUGH

Be mad. But think about what I said. WE ARE BETTER than that. You’re either part of the problem or part of the solution. #ENOUGHisENOUGH

Both Shaunie O'Niel and Tami Roman have come forward to share their thoughts about the viewers concerns.

In an interview with S2S magazine, Tami says: “I think that the opposition to call for the show to be cancelled will end the employment of several African-American women who have no creative control. Why not call out the people who make the decisions about what is aired. Call out Shed Media. Call out VH1 because I will join that battle,” Tami told S2S. “Why call for several people to be unemployed that really have nothing to do with the creative process?”